mop

nountangle of material, often used to
nounthick mass of hair
verbclean by using water and cloth

Synonyms for mop

noun tangle of material, often used to

hair

noun. threadlike growth on animate being

Word Origin & History

late 15c., mappe "bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship's decks," from Walloon (French) mappe "napkin," from Latin mappa "napkin" (see map (n.)). Modern spelling by 1660s. Of hair, from 1847.

Example Sentences for mop

She then planted the comb in my mop of hair and tore out a handful of it.

You're in the middle of a puddle now, but when you get over dreaming I'd like to mop it up.

Mop had absolutely no sense of fear or of animal proportions.

Mop died of old age and of a complication of diseases, in the spring of 1892.

But there he was, and the society which a good man founded saw not Mop that day.

He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow, which had grown damp.

The mop flapped about her chair legs, the water splashed the stove.

Finally he wrung out his mop and stood it outside the door in the sun.

Ye'll have to cut that mop and settle down like a woman should.

It will then be possible to mop up a little more of the rinsing liquid.

mop

Synonyms for mop

brush

clean

cleaned

hair

rub

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Synonyms for mop

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